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Mitochondrial sodium/calcium exchanger NCLX regulates glycolysis in astrocytes, impacting on cognitive performance

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Cabral-Costa, Joao Victor ; Vicente-Gutierrez, Carlos ; Agulla, Jesus ; Lapresa, Rebeca ; Elrod, John W. ; Almeida, Angeles ; Bolanos, Juan P. ; Kowaltowski, Alicia J.
Número total de Autores: 8
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: Journal of Neurochemistry; v. N/A, p. 15-pg., 2023-01-09.
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Intracellular Ca2+ concentrations are strictly controlled by plasma membrane transporters, the endoplasmic reticulum, and mitochondria, in which Ca2+ uptake is mediated by the mitochondrial calcium uniporter complex (MCUc), while efflux occurs mainly through the mitochondrial Na+/Ca2+ exchanger (NCLX). RNAseq database repository searches led us to identify the Nclx transcript as highly enriched in astrocytes when compared with neurons. To assess the role of NCLX in mouse primary culture astrocytes, we inhibited its function both pharmacologically or genetically. This resulted in re-shaping of cytosolic Ca2+ signaling and a metabolic shift that increased glycolytic flux and lactate secretion in a Ca2+-dependent manner. Interestingly, in vivo genetic deletion of NCLX in hippocampal astrocytes improved cognitive performance in behavioral tasks, whereas hippocampal neuron-specific deletion of NCLX impaired cognitive performance. These results unveil a role for NCLX as a novel modulator of astrocytic glucose metabolism, impacting on cognition. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 13/07937-8 - Redoxoma
Beneficiário:Ohara Augusto
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Centros de Pesquisa, Inovação e Difusão - CEPIDs
Processo FAPESP: 17/14713-0 - Ca2+ Mitocondrial no Sistema Nervoso Central e Regulação do Metabolismo Energético
Beneficiário:João Victor Cabral Costa
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado
Processo FAPESP: 20/06970-5 - Transportadores iônicos mitocondriais como sensores e reguladores do metabolismo energético
Beneficiário:Alicia Juliana Kowaltowski
Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático
Processo FAPESP: 19/22178-2 - NCLX na função de astrócitos: metabolismo e homeostase neuronal
Beneficiário:João Victor Cabral Costa
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Exterior - Estágio de Pesquisa - Doutorado